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IComSat v1.0
-SIM900 GSM/GPRS shield

Overview

IComsat is a GSM/GPRS shield for Arduino and based on the SIM900 Quad-band GSM/GPRS module. It is controlled via AT commands (GSM 07.07 ,07.05 and SIMCOM enhanced AT Commands), and fully compatible with Arduino / Iteaduino and Mega.

Features
Quad-Band 850/900/1800/1900MHz GPRS multi-slot calss 10/8 GPRS mobile station class B Compliant to GSM phase 2/2+ Class 4 (2W@850/900MHz) Class 1 (1W@1800/1900MHz) Control via commands (GSM 07.07, 07.05 and SIMCOM enhanced AT Commands) Short message service Free serial port selection All SIM900 pins breakout RTC supported with SuperCap Operation temperature: -40 ~ +85

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Specifications
PCB size Indicators Power supply Communication Protocol RoHS 71.4mm X 66.0mm X 1.6mm PWR, status LED, net status LED 9~20V, compatible with Arduino UART Yes

Electrical Characteristics
Specification Power Voltage(Vlogic) Power Voltage(Vsupply) Input Voltage VH: Input Voltage VL: Current Consumption(pulse) Current Consumption(Continues) Baud rate 9600 Min 4.5 9 4.5 -0.3 Type 5 5 0 Max 5.5 20 5.5 0.5 2000 500 Unit VDC VDC V V mA mA bps

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Hardware

Figure 1 Top Map

Figure 2 Bottom Map

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Interface

Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4

Description VDD* GND GPIO1 GPIO2 GPIO3 GPIO4 GPIO5 GPIO6 GPIO7 GPIO8 GPIO9 GPIO10 GPIO11 GPIO12 GND VDD* GND DTR RI DCD CTS RTS TXD RXD GND GND IIC_SCL IIC_SDA PWM2 PWM1 GND GND GND PERKEY DBG_RXD DBG_TXD

GPIOs

UART

IIC&PWM

Debug_Port

VDD* = 3.0V Note 1: the operation level of the port is 3.0V

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Installation
UART Multiplexer (For free UART connection setting)
You can use the jumper to connect the TXD and RXD pins on SIM to any pins of Arduino D0 D7.

Figure 3 UART Multiplexer When using the connection as Figure 4, the SIM900 connect to the ATMega328 chip on board.

Figure 4 Connect the Arduino board When you using the connection as Figure 5, the SIM900 connect with the FT232RL chip, and the FT232RL connect to PC by USB. Whit this configuration you can use the serial software on PC to control or configure the SIM900 module.

Figure 5 Connect the UART Interface as FT232 Except the 2 configurations above, you can connect the TXD and RXD to any other pins from D0-D1, and using the software-serial library to control the SIM900 moudle.

Figure 6 an example for software-serial connection

Com Switch
There is a com switch for selecting the communicate port to UART port or Debug port of SIM900 module as the following figure 7. When connect to the SIM900 debug port, the UART multiplexer just can be set as Figure 4 or 5.

Figure 7-a

Figure7-b

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RI Behavior Output
There is a Jumper for configuration of RI, one to connect D2, another to connect D14. Status Standby RI response High The pin is changed to low. When any of the following events occur, the pin will be changed to high: (1) Establish the call (2) Hang up the call The pin is changed to low. When any of the following events occur, the pin will be changed to high: (3) Establish the call (4) Hang up the call The pin is changed to low, and kept low for 120ms when a SMS is received. Then it is changed to high. The pin is changed to low, and kept low for 120ms when some URCs are reported. Then it is changed to high.

Voice call

Data call

SMS

URC

The behavior of the RI pin is shown in the following figure when SIM900 module is used as a receiver.

Figure 8 RI behavior of voice calling as a receiver

Figure 9 RI behavior of data calling as a receiver

Figure 10 RI behavior of URC or receive SMS When the IComSat is used as caller, the RI will remain high.

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Indicator LED and Buttons:

NETSTATUS: The status of the NETSTATUS LED is listed in following table: Status Off 64ms On/800ms Off 64ms On/3000ms Off 64ms On/300ms Off STATUS: Power status of SIM900. PWR: Power status of IcomSat. SIM900-POWER: After the IcomSat power on, you need to press the SIM900-POWER button for a moment to power on the SIM900 module. Sim900-RST: Reset the SIM900 Arduino-RST: Reset the Arduino. Description SIM900 is not running SIM900 not registered the network SIM900 registered to the network GPRS communication is established

Revision History
Rev. v1.0 V1.1 Description Initial version Add the RI description, and fix some typo Release date 2011-5-27 2011-7-22

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